Championship match preview and statistics: Greenock Morton fight Dunfermline Athletic

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Fri 15.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Cappielow Park (11589 seats)

Greenock Morton will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Dunfermline Athletic.

Insights:
  • Greenock Morton has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Championship
  • Dunfermline Athletic have not yet lost a game away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Greenock Morton form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Greenock Morton are 3-0-1 (wins-draw-losses).

Greenock manager D. Hopkin and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Alloa Athletic (placed 9th) in the Championship. Before that, Greenock Morton played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Ayr United.

A decent goal production from Greenock in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. 4 goals have been conceded.

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Dunfermline Athletic form and stats

Playing away, Dunfermline Athletic have won 1 game, drawn 4 and suffered 0 defeats in the Championship this season. It's been quite a sequence of draws for Dunfermline when traveling as their last four away games have all ended all square. Not since the Alloa Athletic match has the points been distributed unevenly.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Inverness CT (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The Championship match ended in a draw 1-1. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Arbroath.

The Dunfermline Athletic manager S. Crawford has got the team scoring on the road, with 10 away goals in 5 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Dunfermline Athletic in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Dunfermline Athletic - Greenock 1-2 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Greenock Morton won four, Dunfermline Athletic won two and four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Dunfermline AthleticD. McManus
D. McManus
6 goals
Dunfermline AthleticK. O'Hara
K. O'Hara
4 goals
Dunfermline AthleticE. Murray
E. Murray
3 goals

Greenock Morton missing players

Dunfermline Athletic missing players

Greenock Morton Dunfermline Athletic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 2 5 10
4 3 0 Won W 0 1 5
3 0 0 Drew D 2 4 4
3 1 1 Lost L 0 0 1
10 6 0 Scored S 2 10 20
13 4 2 Conceded C 2 7 13
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 80% 90%
70% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 80%
30% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 70%
20% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 60% 50%
20% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 30%
40% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 80% 80%
30% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 20%
40% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 10%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.6 1.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.4 6.8 5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.4 8.9
2.7 3.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.8 4.6
37% 46% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 53% 44%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Dunfermline Athletic have not yet lost a game away.
  • Greenock Morton has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Championship
  • Greenock Morton has the most matches under the total-line (7) in Championship
  • Greenock Morton haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hearts 10 8 0 2 30 13 6 6 0 0 25 8 4 2 0 2 5 5 17 24
2 Dunfermline Athletic 10 5 4 1 20 13 5 4 0 1 10 6 5 1 4 0 10 7 7 19
3 Dundee 11 5 4 2 22 20 6 4 2 0 12 6 5 1 2 2 10 14 2 19
4 Raith Rovers 9 4 3 2 21 11 4 2 1 1 10 4 5 2 2 1 11 7 10 15
5 Greenock Morton 10 4 3 3 10 13 4 3 0 1 6 4 6 1 3 2 4 9 -3 15
6 Ayr United 11 3 4 4 16 16 5 2 3 0 5 2 6 1 1 4 11 14 0 13
7 Inverness CT 9 3 3 3 15 12 5 2 3 0 9 5 4 1 0 3 6 7 3 12
8 Queen of the South 11 3 1 7 15 27 5 2 0 3 8 13 6 1 1 4 7 14 -12 10
9 Alloa Athletic 11 2 2 7 11 25 6 1 2 3 9 16 5 1 0 4 2 9 -14 8
10 Arbroath 10 1 2 7 5 15 5 1 2 2 3 4 5 0 0 5 2 11 -10 5

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The Scottish Championship is the second level of the Scottish Professional Football League. Ten teams play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The winner in the league table promotes to the Premiership and a playoff can promote one more team.